Rescue for React and TypeScript applications
React Project Rescue
Your React application is behind schedule, each change breaks another screen, or the deadline is close and the team is stretched. We assess what is wrong, stabilize it, and hand it back to your team, running.
What goes wrong in React projects
No type safety
Without TypeScript enforced throughout, a change to one component breaks screens nobody touched, and the break is found in production.
Front end and API out of sync
The back end changes and the front end finds out later. Teams duplicate work, and features stall at the integration step.
One shared environment
Every developer depends on one integration environment, so a single bad deploy stops the whole team.
Schema changes by hand
Database changes are applied manually, so environments drift apart and releases fail in ways nobody can repeat.
Few or no automated tests
Nothing catches a regression before a user does, so the team slows down to avoid breaking things.
A team new to modern React
Capable engineers without React and TypeScript experience, asked to meet a fixed deadline on an unfamiliar stack.
How the rescue works
Assess, stabilize, hand it back. The same three steps as every Briebug rescue, applied to this stack.
Assess
Find out exactly what is wrong before you commit to fixing it.
- A fixed-fee review of the React code, the TypeScript coverage, the architecture, the pipeline and security
- Where the front end and back end disagree, and what that costs your delivery dates
- A triage report of what to fix in what order, and a milestone-based estimate
Stabilize
Stop the bleeding first. Then deliver the roadmap.
- Make the application TypeScript-compliant, and introduce reusable UI patterns
- Give every developer a local environment, and put schema changes in code with migrations
- Add end-to-end and integration tests, and fix the pipeline
- Add senior engineers where capacity is short, then deliver the roadmap
Hand it back
A project your team can run without us.
- Documentation of what we changed and why
- Hands-on mentoring until your engineers own the React code and the process
- An optional senior oversight retainer after handback
Case studies
Public-health nonprofit
Patient-transfer data exchange for a county public-health agency
- Problem
- A secure healthcare exchange portal with a tight contractual deadline, an under-resourced team, and little experience with React and TypeScript.
- What we found
- One shared integration environment, schema changes applied by hand, front-end changes that broke other screens, and back end and front end out of sync.
- Result
- Delivered on time, with TypeScript throughout, local Docker environments, database migrations in code, and automated tests.
CareMetx
Healthcare patient-support services company with end-customer portals
- Situation
- CareMetx wanted to modernize its end-customer portals and level up its internal team at the same time.
- What we did
- We embedded React and .NET developers, a solution architect and a scrum master to build portal features and mentor the team.
- Result
- The engagement ran from July 2020 into 2022, with client NPS scores of 8 to 10.
Circadence
Software company with a training platform, Project Ares
- Situation
- The Unity client was hard to maintain and upgrade, the code base was complex and fragile, and the team was stuck in maintenance mode.
- What we did
- We extended the team to build a new React web application and guided the move to Scrum, GraphQL and written acceptance criteria.
- Result
- The site went live on time, and Circadence extended the engagement twice into 2022.
More React case studies
- Brandfolder: integrations, an Office add-in and a growing engineering team
- Vantor: an embedded Angular team, renewed every year since 2018
- The largest internet radio company in the US: an embedded Angular architecture and web-commerce team, renewed since 2019
More rescues, on every stack, in all case studies.
Start with the Technical Assessment.
A fixed fee of $10K and about one week. You get a comprehensive report, a triage report of what to fix in what order, and a milestone-based estimate for the work.